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Who: Fujiko & Lupin (and anyone else if you're really in the mood)
What: Fujiko's 2nd cigarette break for the month and talking to Lupin.
Why: Because there's a lot of unresolved things between them (always will be??)
Where: On top of the sub/near the Vongola decks.
When: Some time this week after Lupin heals a lot more and Fujiko returns from running away to Havoc. Let's go with the 19th. 21st is her casino heist :3
Rating: PG-13? I'll edit if it goes higher.

Fujiko leaned against the cool metal and focused on the cigarette. Sometime between November and January she'd almost managed to give them up. They reminded her of him and there were some days she couldn't take it. Ironic then that she was sitting there now, smoking one and trying to decide what to do about Lupin. If anything. Really, she was just willing to leave it at nothing. Make Goemon and Zenigata deal with his messes now. Maybe back in her world it would have meant more if he'd shown up like that. She softly sang "Paradise" to herself and lazily watched the clouds and seagulls. It was just a chaotic part of her life she couldn't escape. Maybe that didn't really mean she had to do anything about it specifically. Or maybe she should chase down Robin and offer a heist. When she finished with the casino. She'd been lucky that Lupin hadn't stumbled on those plans yet. Maybe Mat really was as lucky as he said.

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A short pause and Fujiko pulled one her hands away to flick the back of his ears. "You're going to meet up with him again and you didn't tell me?!" She growled shortly, running her fingers through her hair. "Tch.... Idiot. What's the plan?" she asked not waiting to be invited. She never did.

Lupin grabbed his ear, sulking his shoulders low like a punished child. "I... I didn't think it was that important..." He crossed his legs and rested his hands on his ankles, still using Fujiko as a wall to rest against.

"Let's see... There's not any real plan yet, mainly because they decided to be coy and not give me a place to meet them. They just said they'll appear when I least expect it--which is kinda' stupid, since now I'll be expecting it. Not the smartest baddies I've fought... And I guess Goemon and I'll get off at whatever island you're planning on stopping by. Even if you don't like Jigen, I still have to find him."

He smiled big.

"If I ask nicely, could we stay on your submarine until then? As much as I like the Vongola, I'd prefer to cuddle on your little piece of work. And then when we find a place to get off to, I'll continue to sight-seeing for my little gunslinger."

He didn't bring up that he could've been dead, though Fujiko probably read about it somewhere or another.

[OOC: They don't know where Jigen is at this point, since its the 19th and Jigen posted on the 20th ^^;]

Fujiko shoved Lupin at that and got up to go stand over by the railing again. "Yeah you can stay on the sub," she sighed and sucked down her candy cigarette only to replace it with a new one. "But don't misunderstand Lupin, my room is still trapped to the nines. Try anything and you know exactly what will happen." A boxing glove to the face and a bear trap on his ass.

"Any room without a plaque you can take. And don't think the vents are any easier Lupin. I know my submarine very well. It's very guarded," she warned in a low growl.

She didn't tell him about the island they were already near. She had a plan for Sunday and it would be just like Lupin to ruin it for her. He never was that good with casinos.

"Ohohoho, Fujiko-chan rigged her bedroom with traps? You know that makes me even more anxious!" He said, standing behind her and wiggling his fingers in front of his face. He straightened up, moving to fix his tie until he realized he'd left it in the room. Eh. He suddenly felt a little naked. "But I'll be as good a boy as I can muster, I promise."

He was totally going to at give it a shot, if out of curiosity more than the idea of seeing his sweet Fujiko in the nude.

"For you, that means tripling your efforts in order to try," she sighed around the cigarette, not for the first time debating running off to the marines. Still... she had a perfect wealthy operation going down soon. She didn't want to risk it associaiting too closely with the law. Even if Lupin was likely to stumble into it and cause his own problems. Still, even Fujiko couldn't muster enough anger at him to really feign the annoyance she meant to. She'd missed him too much and Lupin was being... Lupin.

Lupin smirked, grabbing her around the waist and tickling her stomach playfully. "Oooh, tripling my efforts? Fujiko-chan, I'll quadruple them if I have to!"

Squirming, she giggled and flinched. "Lupin!" she protested with a laughing gasp, "Quit it!" When he finally slowed down enough she elbowed him in the face in revenge. "Ahhh," she blushed slightly, "I hate that, you know~"

She ran a thumb along the outer shell of Lupin's ear and finally shoved him away again. "You'll never win Lupin," she purred, nimble thieving fingers sliding down the sideburns and under his chin affectonately.

Lupin rubbed his nose, though the pain didn't last too long--one, because he'd gotten used to brutal jabs from her sweet little elbow, two because the way she was caressing his face was unsurprisingly appetizing.

"It was worth a shot," he shrugged, taking her around the arms and ignoring the desire to tickle her stomach again. He sighed. "Oh, well... Maybe I'll try again some other time..." His eyelids flickered in an attempted to remain open, though he was fading fast. He didn't have the proper energy to even attempt a kiss or a jump-out-of-the-clothes routine; instead he was content with almost napping against her back.

He jerked his head up, smirking. "No, I know better--if I fall asleep out here Fujiko-chan would leave me out here by myself~!"

Shoulders pressed back and a hand in his pocket, he reached out to her with one hand, smiling. The moonlight lit up the ocean beyond, as the waves played their own tune.

"We should get to bed, or you'll be sleepy all day tomorrow."

"You go ahead of me," she smiled softly. "I've still got some thinking to do before I'll be able to sleep." She almost offered to help him back to his room in case he needed it, but with her luck he'd take that as an invitation to molest her and try to get her to stay in his bed. Besides, she really did have a lot to think on and a half-spent cigarette left to burn.

Lupin clasped his hand, closing his eyes and smiling before turning to leave. "All right. See you later, Fujiko."

He started toward the inside of the Vongola, wondering if Goemon was awake so that he could tell him the 'bad news' of them staying in Fujiko's submarine for a few days. As he nearly reached the door to the inner hall, he paused.

"You know, I meant what I said back when you picked me up."

And he vanished into the corridor with the door shutting softly behind him.

Meant what he said when she picked him up? Well that was sweet of him. And absolutely no help. He said he'd be happy for her if she was in love with someone else. That he would understand. But what good did that do? She wasn't in love with Havoc, she was in love with Lupin. On the other hand, there really could be something with Havoc and with Lupin... How long would they continue repeating the same old mistakes never learning?

She sighed a smokey breath and started singing again softly to herself. Come what may. She couldn't fight fate, maybe it was time to just let the dice fall and run away when they did.

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